I was also honored to learn through his tweet that British
Ambassador to Lebanon Tom Fletcher had “virtually” presented me with the award
and overwhelmed me by his kind words.

Mich Cafe had also been nominated in the Blog of the Year category,
which was won by my friend Najib Mitri for his BlogBaladi.

I think the biggest winner is Social Media in Lebanon, which is
doing wonders for the community and the country. With better and faster Internet,
it could do even more.

TheSocial Media Awards(SMA) allow the Lebanese online community to
nominate, vote for and award bloggers, journalists, content creators, community managers, public figures,
social media users and celebrities for their efforts in communication and
online creation.

The
SMA is the brainchild of the American University of Beirut’s Online
Collaborative (AUBOC) in
partnership with Beirut popular RAGMAG Magazine to honor individuals and
organizations that demonstrated an exceptional presence in social media in
Lebanon.(You can view the
full list of nominees on RAGMAG'swebsite.)

The SMAs can only get bigger and
better.

Congratulations to the AUBOC team and
to RAGMAG Magazine and I already look forward to next year’s second edition!

The Social Media Awards site said the total number of votes cast during
the month was 100,947.

In the hope of winning an award, I had sent the SMA team the
following video: